%0 Journal Article
%T The Effect of Short Story Reading through Constructivist Activities on the Language Development of Primary School Students
%A Dr. R£¿dvan TUN£¿EL
%J Journal of International Social Research
%D 2009
%I Journal of International Social Research
%X Two basic educational orientations have become popular: teacher-centered ¡°instructionism¡±, and student-centered ¡°constructivism¡±. Within the framework of constructivist view, learners are encouraged to create and build knowledge. This research aims at providing some possibilities towards improving learners¡¯ first language development through presenting some student-centered activities. The findings reveal that short story reading through some student oriented activities improved the amount of adjective usage but not sentence production.
%K constructivism
%K problem solving
%K creativity
%K collaboration
%K first language
%K student-centered learning
%K reading
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